The Accounting Chamber Intensifies Overseer Role in Tax Debt Management: A Major Audit Underway
The National Accounting Chamber of Ukraine has officially launched an extensive investigation aimed at analyzing the processes of tax debt administration accumulated from the beginning of 2023 through the first half of 2025.
This move has caught public attention and experts’ scrutiny, as recent months have shown a significant increase in outstanding tax liabilities and active cancellation of large amounts of debt.
Particularly alarming are the figures indicating that the total tax debt owed to the consolidated budget from 2023 to mid-2025 has surpassed 27 billion hryvnias.
Of this sum, over 22.6 billion hryvnias were written off as unrecoverable debt, which has caused considerable concern among policymakers and financial specialists, reflecting severe strains on the national budget.
An official statement from the agency highlighted that the findings from this audit will provide an objective assessment of the current state of tax debt administration and suggest possible pathways for improvement.
Moreover, the necessity to enhance debt management is embedded in the National Income Strategy until 2030, which emphasizes automation of processes, increased efficiency of enforcement measures, modernization of documentation systems, and segmentation of debtors for more targeted actions.
The current situation is exacerbated by outdated systems and the lack of modern tools for effective debt control.
In related developments, the tax authorities have begun implementing new measures to compel fuel retailers to pay taxes, with early results demonstrating a notable shift toward compliance.
Additionally, as of July 1, the non-performing loans (NPL) rate in Ukrainian banks has decreased to 27%, down by 3.3 percentage points since the start of the year, indicating positive dynamics in the banking sector and overall financial health.